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Veo 3.1 Lite API Cost

A 8-second 720p Veo 3.1 Lite clip costs $0.30, against $0.40 at the official price. What you spend depends on resolution, length and how many takes you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.

8 s at 720p
$0.30
official $0.40
1 minute at 720p
$2.25
$2.25 at 720p
100 × 8 s clips / month
$30.00
720p
Below official
up to 25%
failed runs: $0
Create with Veo 3.1 LiteGet API keyAPI docs

Try it

Try Veo 3.1 Lite — the price is on the button

Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.

Open the full-screen Studio

Calculator

Calculate your Veo 3.1 Lite cost

Pick the resolution and clip length, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.

Resolution
Tries per keeper

Per month · 100 generations

19.00

$20.00 at the official price

Per clip
0.19
Per kept clip
0.19
Saved per month
$1.00
Saved per year
$12.00

Live prices · failed generations are free

Cost drivers

What drives the Veo 3.1 Lite API cost

3 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the Veo 3.1 Lite API pricing page.

Clip length

Lite is billed per clip: 4 s and 6 s clips cost the same as 8 s. At 720p, one clip costs $0.19–$0.30 across 4, 6, 8 s.

Task

Text to video and image to video cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.

Takes you keep

Every successful clip is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 8-second 720p clip cost $0.90 instead of $0.30. Failed generations are refunded.

Real work

What videos cost with Veo 3.1 Lite

Finished pieces priced end to end. One Veo 3.1 Lite request makes up to 8 seconds, so longer pieces are several clips; the short film budgets three takes per shot.

Veo 3.1 Lite cost of common deliverables
DeliverableGenerationsTierOfficialCheaperGen
Prompt test1 × 4 s720p$0.20$0.19
Social clip1 × 8 s720p$0.40$0.30
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.29Max $0.28
15-second ad2 × 8 s720p$0.80$0.60
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.58Max $0.55
1-minute explainer8 × 8 s720p$3.20$2.40
With a monthly plan: Pro $2.30Max $2.19
2-minute short film45 × 8 s (15 shots × 3 takes)720p$18.00$13.50
With a monthly plan: Pro $12.90Max $12.29
Daily social clips for a month30 × 8 s720p$12.00$9.00
With a monthly plan: Pro $8.60Max $8.19

Monthly plans lower prices on most models (shown under each price); you can still pay as you go. Pro $499/month · Max $4,999/month.

Budgets

What a Veo 3.1 Lite budget buys

8-second clips per budget at each resolution, with the minutes of footage in brackets.

Veo 3.1 Lite: output per budget
Resolution$10$50$100$500$1,000
720p
$0.30 per 8 s clip
33(4.4 min)166(22 min)333(44 min)1,666(222 min)3,333(444 min)

Yearly difference

Veo 3.1 Lite cost vs the official price

The same monthly volume at 720p, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).

100 × 8 s clips / month

$30.00

$40.00 official

$120.00 less a year

1,000 × 8 s clips / month

$300.00

$400.00 official

$1,200 less a year

10,000 × 8 s clips / month

$3,000

$4,000 official

$12,000 less a year

Compare

A 8-second 720p clip on other models

The same request on Veo models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest silent price for that resolution.

Cost of the same request on Veo 3.1 Lite and other models
ModelTierCostvs. Veo 3.1 Lite
LTX-2.5
Lightricks
720p$0.23−24%
PixVerse V6
PixVerse
720p$0.30−2%
Veo 3.1 Lite
Google
720p$0.30—
Vidu Q3 Turbo
Shengshu
720p$0.33+10%
Seedance 2.0 Mini
ByteDance
720p$0.51+67%
Veo 3.1 Fast
Veo family
720p$0.59+96%
Veo 3.1
Veo family
720p$1.48+391%

Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.

Cost control

Keep Veo 3.1 Lite spend predictable

The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.

  • Price it first. POST /v1/quote/google/veo-3.1-lite/text-to-video returns the exact price of any request, free.
  • Cap a request. Send max_cost_usd and a request priced above it is refused without charge.
  • Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
  • Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
  • Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.

FAQ

Veo 3.1 Lite API cost questions

A 8-second 720p clip costs $0.30 (official $0.40). Prices run from $0.0375 to $0.0375 per second of video depending on resolution, with no subscription needed and no minimum spend.

It depends only on usage. 100 × 8 s clips a month cost $30.00; 1,000 × 8 s clips a month cost $300.00; 10,000 × 8 s clips a month cost $3,000 (at 720p). At the middle volume that is $1,200 a year less than at the official price.

$2.25 at 720p. One request makes up to 8 seconds, so a minute takes several clips.

Clip length and task. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) prices any request for free before you run it. Rates by resolution: price per second.

You pay for every successful generation, including takes you decide not to use. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while they are queued, are refunded in full automatically. To spend less per try, see Cheapest Veo 3.1 Lite.

Yes. Credits are prepaid, so you can't spend more than your balance. Pass max_cost_usd with a request and it is refused, without charge, if its price would be higher. Auto top-up is optional.

Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. Veo 3.1 Lite is developed by Google. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.